I have a website for the altimacoupe, and Nissan just updated their site..Can I use the wallpapers, or any of the pics on their site, for mine? http://www.nissanusa.com/altimaCoupe/?intcmp=altimacoupe.promo.homepage.home.p3 altimacoupes.com
i guess not: of course, if your site is small, you can probably get away with it (not that i condone doing it). if your site is big, or you anticipate it becoming big, then you better contact them, and ask for permission to use, and make it clear that the photos belong to nissan, and a link back to their site. alternatively you can just put them up and take it down once their lawyers contact you.
You'd still be liable for damages/fees. Your best bet is to simple contact the company, tell them what you're doing and ask for permission. The wallpapers are a specific creation and under copyright. It's not the same as say snapping some shots of the car on your own. If you use them, you're violating their copyright (and the any rights owned by anyone else).
definitely. i was just thinking that if the site is small, nissan would just send a threat. but if you really want to use the photos, get permission from them, or just find someone with an altima and take a picture on your own.
Well, the other thing you could do is go for one of those car show where those cars are featured and then just snap them with your digital camera. You should be able to use those photographs because you are the one who took them and the car show is a very public event and people will inevitably be allowed to take pictures.
Be careful with that. Just because a show is open to the public and allows picture taking, doesn't mean you can use the photos in a commercial setting. The San Diego Zoo comes to mind.
Oops. I do travel once in a while and I always bring my camera with me and I do at times put up the pictures I took on my online photo gallery. Do you mean that I would not be able to do that ? So basically, if I visit the San Diego Zoo, I cannot take pictures from my trip and put them up on my photo gallery. Okay point taken.
Yeah. Next time you are at the SD Zoo, read the ticket. I think it's there (or maybe in the park terms as you enter). It says stuff you can't do with pictures. You can take them for personal use (share with family, hang on wall, etc), but putting them on a site that's commercial (using Ad Sense, selling links, etc) breaks the terms. It pays to read the terms, because you never know. I remember the SD Zoo, because I was shocked to see that one trip. After my last SD Zoo trip, I went to a LA Dodgers game and didn't see anything about using the photos in a commercial setting. I think the reason why they get away with that is because you're paying to enter a presentation. If the event was open to the public and free to enter, that stuff might not fly.
Okay, thanks. I am not from the US so I am not familiar with the San Diego zoo. Over here in Singapore, if you take pictures in a public place especially in an exhibition, you are allowed to put up those pictures on the web. Of course if you take pictures of people, you need to get their permission unless it is a special event like a dance, models and the likes where they want you to take pictures. Of course, if they tell you 'No Cameras allowed' then those are off limits. Adsense and selling links on a site which features those pictures here are okay because the ads are not in a way related to the pictures in question. However to modify the pictures or claiming that the items in the pictures are yours would be a no-no. But I guess rules and laws defers from place to place and it helps to read them.
Why not go down to your local Nissan dealer? I'd bet they would be happy to let you take photos if you gave them a plug.
Oh, got it. Well, what about getting a press kit? I'm pretty sure that when a new car is reviewed in magazines or newspapers they either purchased the photos or got a press photo from the manufacturer. Like here.
Actually, if you are promoting their car, they will be on your side. They will not sue someone for promoting their product. If things were so, many fansites for bands, products, etc. would have closed down a long time ago. I guarentee you that if you do not negatively mention Nissan on your website, you will be okay. As to Dev; that car will be coming late May according to the site.